Washing-machine.



P. M. MITCHELL. WASHING MACHINE.

AFPLIGATION .FILED M'AB.. 9, 1908.

Patented May 11, 1909.

F. ZM. MITCHELL. wAsBNG MAGHINB.

APPLroATIoNIILnn um. 9, moa 920,977, ,5 Patented May-1l, 1909.

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FRANK M. MTHELL, LA GRANGE, ZILL'NOIS. "i

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Specicaton of Letters Patent.

Patented 'May 1 i, ieee. I

Application ined March e, isos, i sei-iai No. 419,970.

' T o all when?, it Amay concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK M. MITCHELL,

' the following is a full, c ear, concise, and eX- act description, reference being nadto the accompanying drawing, forming ya part ofv this specification.

My invention relates to Washing machines for clothes and textile fabrics, and particularly to thatxclass of washing machines which corn rises a pivotedsudsbox adapted to be osci ated about' its pivots so theta continuous movement of the water and the 'articles to be Washed is maintained, and the object et' my invention is the provision of a vashing machine of this class which willhe simple and cheap oli' manufacture, as well as clean,`con venient and efficient in operation.

For a full understandin of my invention, reference is to be had to t e following speci 'iication and accompanying drawings, in

whichm Figure 1 is a front elevation of. iny iin-- proved washing machine; Fig. 2 is a side ele vation oi' the same; Fig. 3 is a vertical. section taken on the line 3--3 of Fig.. 1, lookingl in the direction of the arrows; Fig. 4 is a horizontal section taken on the line 4-1 of Fig. y2, looking in vthe direction ofl the arrows; Fig. 5 shows a modification of ni-y invention, Where-y in is employed va device for aiding the Inove-V lnent of the clothes .in the suds-bo-.x and Fig. 6 illustrates a further modification.

Like characters' of reference refer.' to like parts throughout the specification and drawings.

The'suds-box 1 of the washing ni'zichine is oi' sul'stantialiy cylindrical shape and is provided at its 'upper 'part with a neck l through which the clothes are inserted. A cover 5 is vprovided. lori-he neck 2. The curved wall of the suds-hoi; is bent inwardly at the parts' of the ends-box. ,Projecting from the spider- `brackets 7 are pivot pins 8 which nre mounted in the bearing apertures Q of standards l() located on 'eitherside of the` ends-box. A handle 11 is attached tothe side ol the sudsn box, by means of which handle the ends-box can b e rocked to any desired extent about y the pivotpins 8 in either direction.

Secured tot one of the standards 10 is a vcrtical supporting ost 12,terminating in a plane slightly be owv thatv of either' of the outer edges of the neck 2 when situate-d verticallyabove the axis about which the suds# box l is. rockable. ln the upper end of the post 12 is iixcd n. vertical pivot pin 13, which' enters the pivot aperture 14 of a wringer sup ortiner bar 15 which is thus connected to tne post 12 in such manner as-to be capable of swinging horizontally in either direc tion about the pivot pin 13. supporting bar l'has a groove 16 in its lower face, and is capable of vertical movement on the pivot pin 13. l The wringer supporting bar 15 may be made to retain the suds-hox in a tilted position by rocking the latter until one of: the up er edges of 'theneck 2 is vertically above t ie axis of the ends-box, where-1 uponthe wringer supporting bar l5 is swung around upon the pin 13 and made to engage, with its groove 16, the edge of the neck 2, thc supporting bar being lifted slightly' upon vthe pin 13 to effect this.

l/Vithin the lower part of the ends-box, at right angles to the axis of oscillation thereof, are riveted a plurality oi upwardly.curved bars 17, the distance between the barabeing suflicient te allow the water to pass readily between them, but not being enough to allow any clothes to fell into the space between the bars and the lower partei' the ends-box'.

The wringer `When using the washing machine, the I,

clothes to' be washed'are placed, with a certain amount of soap and water, into the endsboXL' The wringer sup 5 isp aced in position. A reciprocating end thereof to the other, and the water,l

traveling in the same direction, but around the inner periphery of the curved wall of the orting har is swung backward about the bo t 13 so as to be out ot the path oi the suds-box, and the cover `innovenient is now imparted to the handle 11, whereby a reciprocating l circuniferentlal4 l sud'sbox, imp'inges uponthe clothes from below and subjects thein to a thorough Washing action. By arranging the bars 17 inthe manner described, a continuous washing of the clothes on both sides is el'lected, without the use of` beaters ei other means whereby the clothes might be injured.` As 'ordinarily constructed heretofore, washing lmachines ofthis class have been subject to jl'the disadvantage that the Water-was liable t'ors'plash out around the cover of thegsudsbox vwhen the machine was bein operated. This disadvantage has been entirely obviated .in -theconstruction of suds-box according to my invention, bythe provision of the curved projfections 6 which deflect the water away om the cover 5 4and toward the' center of the suds-boxl When thefclothes are. considered 'to` besui'ci'ently washed, the lid is removed Q trom the suds-boxand the latter is slightly tilted. :The wrinver supporting bar -15 is then lswung around and, as above described, made to engage, with its groove 16, the edge of the neck2, whereby the suds-box is retained in its slightly inclined position, in

which position the clothes'can be very read# ily removed and passed-through the wringer. In the modification shown in Fig. `5, side plates 18 of wood are'iiXed tothe lower part of the 'suds-box by means of bolts 19. A roller20 is rockably mounted between theV side plates 18. Adjacent the-roller, and extending tangentially from either side above lthe axis thereof, are two perforated plates21.

A-'l`heplrates are riveted at. one edge to the curved wallof the suds-boX and` form, with i the'rollerQU, a curved surfacesimilar to that vafforded by the bars 17. The roller 2 0 is cut awayatfits under portion to allowthe free y i0 .passage ofthe water between it and the inner.

ing the clothesrres'ting upcn it from one side-` perfoor' the suds-box tothe other. 'lhe I rated lates 21 may be re laced, ifdesired,

'by' ro 1ers 23' journaled, etwcen thesidey pat es 15Sl in a plane parallel to the plane of the roller 20, '(Fig). The rollers 23 ma y be yof any desired number; provided enoug space be left for the [ree passage of the water between them, and they are arranged so as to forni, with the upper surface of the roller 20, a curved surface similar to that afforded by the bars 17.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A washin machine comprising a standard; an upwar( ly extending arm attached to said standard and having a vertically disposed `)ivot pin at its upper end; a suds box iockab i connected to the standard, said suds box being formed with an opening through which the goods to be washed are inserted or removed and a neck adjacent said opening; and a horizontally disposed wringer bar havinga pivot hole therein for receiving said pivot pin, said wringer bar being formed with a groove in its lower side for receiving theedge of said neck and retaining thc suds box in a certain;y predetermined position.

2. vAwashing-rnachine comprising a stand- -ard;a suds-boX roclra'bly connected with the 80 standard, said suds-box consisting of two f side walls and a curved peripheral wall intermediate the side walls, aiid'said suds-box being internally provided with tivo curved liquid-delecting projections, and a neck be- S5 tween saidpr'ojections; a cover for the neck; and an arched support for thearticles being Washed, said support consisting of a plurality of upwardly curved bars extending across said eripheral wall at the lower part of the suds- 0X, said bars being substantially pare allel with the side walls of the suds-box.

3. A washing machine comprising a standard; a sud'ssbox rockably connected there-A with, "said suds-box consisting of two side walls and a'cuived peripheral wall; and an arched supportfor the articles being washed, said support consisting of a plurality of separate' upwardly curved bars extending across said curved 'Jeripheral wall at the lower )art 100 of the suds` ox and being attached at t ieir ends to said curved peripheralwall, said bars 'being substantially parallel to the side walls of the suds-boX.

In witness whereof, l. have hereunto subscribed my n ame'in the presence of `two wtnesses.

FRANK M. MITCHELL.

Vlf'itnesses:- n i 4 CHARLES G. Conn, M. L. FAnRAn. l 

